Railway-tie and chair



M LL76 A. REHAB.

RAILWAY TIE AND CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. 1919.

' 1 ,3 12,049 Pamnted Aug. 5, 1919.

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UNITED STATES k ALBERT nEMAR, or MAYNARD, oHIo.

RAI WAY-Tin AND CHAIR.

Specification of Letters JZatent.

Patented Au 5, 1919.

Application filed April 14, 1919. Serial No. 289,929.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .ALBERT REMAR, a citizen of the United States of America, re siding at Maynard, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Ties and Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is to prevent concrete and similar ties from cracking While in use by resiliently mounting the same upon the roadbed whereby a cement tie has all of the advantages of the ordinary wooden tie as well as being substantially everlasting.

A further object of the invention is to provide a resilient chair or seat for a railway tie capable of attachment for proper positioning beneath the tie either upon a straight or curved line of track, the chair possessing great strength and being easily assembled with the tie positioned for use thereon with the chair upon the roadbed.

With these general objects in view, the invention consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying. drawing and then claimed.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a side elevation of a tie assembled upontwo of my improved chairs, rails being shown in vertical transverse section mounted upon the tie,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view similar to an end portion of Fig. 1 with parts broken away,

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectionaldetail view taken upon line IV-IV of Fig. 6, and

Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical transverse sectional views taken upon lines VV and VI-VI respectively of Fig. 3.

My invention broadly comprises a channel-shaped chair 10 having upright springs 11 positioned therein for resiliently mounting a concrete or similar tie.12 uponsaid springs 11 between the longitudinal parallel sides 13 of. the chair. Two chairs 10 are provided for each tie 12 being positioned spaced from the opposite ends of the tie and at suitable distances apart for mounting railway rails 14 centrally above the chairs andsecured to the ties properly spaced for the gage of the railway line.

.L-shaped recesses 15 are provided in pairs in the lower side of the tie 12 adjacent opposite ends thereof adapted for the reception of uprightposts 16 carried by end lugs 17 of the chair 10. Ledges 18 in the recesses 15 extend in similar directions and are provided with slots 19 adapted to receive the post 16 by moving the chair 10 toward the adjacent free end of the tie 12. The posts 16 are provided with heads 20 above the ledges18 adapted for limiting the upward movement of the tie 12 upon the springs 11.

A retaining pin 21 is positioned trans versely through the tie 12, passing through the recesses 15 and the spacedportions of the ledges 18 for retaining the posts 16 in any desired ones of said slots 19. As the posts 16 are fixedly carried by the chair extensions 17, movement of the pins relative thereto is prevented, and where the chairs 10 are laid in parallelism on a curved or slight turn, the ties 12 may be shifted to cause the posts 16 to be received in a different slot so that it is not necessary that the ties extend in true line with the chairs 10. Further, if found impossible to position the chair in exact alinement with the opposite one, due to imperfections in the roadloed, the same may be -slightly angularly disposed and the tie received thereon in the usual manner with the posts received in adj a cent slots.

The complete operation of the invention will be fullyunderstood, it being seen that the rails 14 are transversely mountedupon the tie 12 centrally above the chairs 10 while the tie 12 is locked in its cushioned position upon the springs 11 of each chair by means of the pins 21. When the chair is employed for a straight line of track, the post 16 will be positioned in the central slots 19 as herein illustrated but when positioned upon a curve, the post 16 at one end of each chair 10 will be positioned in one of the side slots 19 and retained therein by the adjacent pin 21 in a mannerthat will be readily apparent.

What I claim as new is 1. In combination with a tie having L shaped recesses in the bottom thereof providing ledges extending in the same. direction, the said ledges having a plurality of slots, a channel-shaped chair with the tie positioned between the opposite sides thereof, springs upon said chair with the tie normally seated thereon and movement limiting means at .the ends of thecliair adjustably secured in said recesses. I

2. In combination With a tie having L- shaped recesses in the bottom thereof providi'ng ledges extending in the same direction. the said ledges having-a plurality of slots, a channel-shaped chair With the tie ositioned between the op osite sides thereof, springs upon said 'c'ha'ir with the tie normally seated thereon, lugs projecting "from the opposite ends-of the chair, u right posts onthe said lugs adjustabl positioned in said slots, heads upon said posts above said ledges and retaining :pins for the posts transversely positioned through the tie and the portions of the ledges -adja'cei1't the posts.

3. Inc'o'inhination with a chair, resilient means upon the chair, a tie seated upon said resilient means and having recesses 1n the 'l'iottor'ndf the 'tie'outwardly of the springs and limiting means upon the chair adjusta- 'bly positioned within said recesses adapted for retaining the tie angularly positioned relatively of the chair.

4:. In combination with a chair, resilient means upon the chair, a tie seated upon said resilient means and having recesses in the bettem'of the tie outwardly of the springs,

ALBERT REMAR.

Co lies of this Lp'atefit may He obtained for five cents each, 'byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 11.0. 

